about TEAM

TEAM Wellness & PrevenTIon is dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles through the prevention of substance abuse.

TEAM Wellness & Prevention has been providing alcohol and drug prevention services to the Fort Collins community since 1989. TEAM has expanded wellness and prevention programming to include all of Larimer County. TEAM provides prevention education to middle and high school students, makes presentations for parents on topics related to youth substance use, convenes community groups, provides opportunities for youth activities in safe, substance-free environments, and is available as a community partner.

We favor a developmental approach to addressing youth substance use. In doing so, we recognize the importance of adolescents’ inclination toward taking risks and we promote a formula of prevention that provides opportunities for youth to satisfy needs without compromising their future.

It is TEAM’s philosophy that prevention is the job of the entire community and we enjoy the responsibility for coordinating these efforts. To the extent that parents, schools, businesses, law enforcement, community leaders and religious organizations are consistent in the message for health and in providing a safe environment to nurture youth, youth are more likely to claim a future of well being.

TEAM is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization.

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TEAM's Stance on Cannabis

The evolution of TEAM working with the industry has been a long, thought out and deliberate process with the end goal being substance abuse prevention. TEAM Wellness & Prevention is a youth substance abuse prevention organization that favors a developmental approach to addressing youth substance use. TEAM’s philosophy is that prevention is the responsibility of the entire community and therefore we incorporate evidenced based and/or informed environmental strategies to limit youth access to substances.

One of these tactics is the implementation of responsible retailer associations. Responsible retailers are retailer (alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana) who subscribe to a code of ethics about the responsible manufacture, distribution and sale of substances that have age restrictions due to the substances potential risk to youth. In 2015 TEAM expanded its Responsible Alcohol Retailers program to incorporate tobacco and marijuana and renamed the program Responsible Association of Retailers and formed a marijuana retailer chapter. RAR Marijuana Chapter retailers are marijuana retailers who are committed to the following:

· Restricting youth access to marijuana

· Promoting education and knowledge related to risks associated with marijuana use

· Promoting responsible use of marijuana among adults including:

· Controlling out of state transportation and diversion of marijuana sold in Colorado.

· Restricting marijuana use in public locations, public lands and federal property

· Restricting drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse public health consequences

TEAM Wellness & Prevention believes that strong state regulation related to the cultivation, distribution and sale of marijuana and marijuana infused products by the State of Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, in combination with local regulatory enforcement by county/municipal regulatory agencies, and the dedication and voluntary compliance of responsible marijuana retailers through responsible retailer , such as TEAM’S RAR, will have the following impact on the legal marijuana industry in Colorado:

· Reduction of violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana products;

· Limitation of Colorado marijuana products being diverted to other states for distribution;

· Reduction of revenue related to marijuana cultivation, distribution and sales from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels;

· Reduction of drugged driving and other public health related issues

· Furtherance of policy, legislation and practices designed to reduce harms, risks and unintended consequences associated with marijuana legalization in Colorado.

We strongly believe that we can be more effective in pursuing these goals by working with the industry than we can be if choose to work against the industry that was voted for by over 60% of Colorado voters.

In an era by which so many issues are polarized, good vs. bad, right vs. left, black vs. white. We choose to seek middle ground to further the health of the community as best we can in the world that we live in.